Sales-slip holder



Oct. 30, 1923.

J. F. FULFS SALES SLIP HOLDER Filed Feb. 9, 1.922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

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Oct. 30, 1923. 1,472,559

J. F. FULFS SALES SLI P HOLDER Filed Feb. 9, 1.922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

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atenteol Get. 36, 1323.

JOHN F. FULFS, F L08 ANGEL-ES, CALIFGRNIA;

SALES-SLIP HOLDER.

Application filed li'ebruery 9, 1922. Serial No. 535,136.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. Fume, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sales-Slip Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a portable holder for sales slips, and pertains particularly to a holder adapted to employ a plurality of juxtaposed continuous strips of paper arranged to be severed as used.

It is the primary object of this invention to provide a holder which is compact, durable, light in weight, economical, easily ma nipulated and easily loaded with the sales slip paper. The aforementioned objects together with other objects and corresponding accomplishments are obtained by means of an embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a holder loaded for use, parts being broken away to better show the construction; Fig. 2 is a side perspective view with the holder opened to receive a charge of paper, a portion being broken out to make the figure more compact; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section on an enlarged scale as seen on the line 23-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section thereof; and Fig. 5 is a section as seen on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the device comprises broadly three elements. A case 4 has pivoted to one end a table 5 and to the other end a frame 6. When closed as shown in Fig. 1, the table nests within the case 4, and the frame 6 folds over the case and table.

The case is of rectangular form having side walls 7 and 8. A bottom wall 9 completes the case, which may be stamped out of metal. Extending along the side walls are ribs 10 and 11. The table 5 is of rectangular form having opposed side walls, one of these being indicated by 14. The top of the table is marked by 15 and serves to support the paper such that it may be written upon. There is an end wall 16-having ears '17 and 18 which are pivotally connected to theside walls 7 and 8 of the case by means of pins 19 and 20. The free end of the table has a half round bend 21serving as a stop and a guide for the paper. It will be noticed that the half round falls short of the ends of the case to provide a passage for paper which is enclosed in the case below the table. end of the half round is bent upwardly as indicated by 22 to form a stop and has a notch 23 for a purpose later described. The frame 6 comprises side walls 24 and 25 joined by a top 26 out to form a frame 27 The frame is pivoted as indicated by 28 to the case 4. Ribs 29 and 30 are stamped in the sides of the frame to cooperate with ribs 10 and 11 on the case. When the frame is moved over the case into closed position as shOWnin Fig. 1, the registering ribs engage one another and act as detents to.lock the frame in closed position. Connected by a hinged joint to the top 26 is an apron 31. A spiral spring 32 tends to hold the apron in the plane of the top of the frame 26. At the corners of the apron are posts 33 and 34 for a purpose later described.

' Suppose slips are to be written in duplicate, this will require that the paper be in duplicate strips. Superposed strips of paper are folded in zigzag fashion to form a stack indicated generally by 35. This stack is placed within the case and table 5-moved intofolded position over it. The strips are then drawn upwardly over the half round 21 and across the top of the table 5. A strip of carbon paper indicated by 36 ma be placed between the strips as shown in Flg. 1. The ends of the carbon paper are long enough to lap over the ends of the case. The

'frame 6 is then folded over the case, thereby locking the parts in position and holding the carbon paper by reason of the engaged ribs. At the end of the folds of paper are apertures 37 for engagement by the post 33 to properly position the paper strips. Post 34 engages a similar aperture on the opposite side of the fold.

It is evident that the sales order or other data may be written upon the paper as itis exposed in the frame. After the writing is completed and it is desire-d to remove the slip and its duplicate, apron 31 is lifted 'to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The paper is then grasped and pulled outwardl until the next 'set of apertures are engaged b theposts 33 and 34. The paper may then e torn as indicated by 38 in Fig. 1 and severed from the remainder of the strip. A new and clean sheet ready for writing an order is then in position.

Attention is called to the notch 23 which the lower plaits of paper engage. The notch' The prevents the next lower plait to the one being unfolded from being dragged along and moved up in front of the stacked plaits.

'What I claim is:

1. A sales slip holder comprising a case to hold a stack of alternately folded paper, a table arranged to be moved into and out of said case and to cover the folded paper, said table being formed with a stop overlapping said stack and constructed so that the paper may be drawn about said stop and over the table, a frame mounted on said case so as to be moved over said table, and an apron hingedly connected to the free end of said frame and overlying said table, whereby paper may be drawn over said table and under said frame.

2. A sales slip holder comprising a case to hold a stack of zigzag folded paper, a table pivoted to one end of said case so that it can be swung into and out of the latter and will cover the folded paper, the free end of said table being rounded on its outer face so that paper may be drawn over the rounded end and overlapping the end of the stack, a frame pivotally mounted on said case so that it may be swung over said table, and an apron hinge-dly connected to the free end of said frame and overlying said table, whereby paper may be drawn from beneath said rounded end, over said end, over said table and under said frame.

3. A sales slip holder comprising a case to hold zigzag folded paper, a table pivoted to one end of said case so that it can be swung into and out of the latter and will cover the folded paper, the free end of said table being rounded so that paper may be drawn over the rounded end, a frame pivotally mounted on said case so that it may be swung over said table, and an apron hingedly connected to the free end of said frame and overlying said table, said apron being provided with posts to engage registering apertures in the paper.

4. A sales slip holder comprising a case to hold zigzag paper,a table pivoted to one end of said case so that it can be swung into and out of the latter and will cover the folded paper, the free end of said table being rounded so that paper may be drawn over the rounded end, a frame pivotally mounted on said case so that it may be swung over said table, and an apron hingedly connected to the free end of said frame and overlying said table, said apron being provided with posts to engage registering apertures in the paper, the side walls of said frame and case being provided with registering ribs to lock the holder in closed position and to retain carbon paper.

5. A sales slip holder comprising a case to hold zigzag folded paper, a table pivoted to 

